History YMMV / StarFox64

* QuestionableCasting: The redubbed voice acting in the ''3DS'' version has been criticized by many players, mainly due to the [[TheOtherDarrin replacement]] of some of the original voice actors and a weaker delivery of many of the game's iconic lines. The backlash intensified with the revelation that the new voice actors would carry over into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and later ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero''. Notably, Fox's voice in the former is berated for sounding too nasal and over the top. Fortunately, from ''Zero'' onward, Fox's voice sounds closer to how it does in ''64'' (special mention goes to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''), while Mark Lund (Falco's voice actor) would be vindicated as pretty decent in his own right and Jay Ward (Wolf's voice in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'') would return to voice Wolf in future games.

** Allowing the base on Katina to get destroyed. [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Not only do the Cornerian fighters not join you for the post-mission report, but depressing music plays in place of the usual victory theme while Fox curses himself for his failure.]] On top of that, imagine the possibility that many nameless, faceless allies lose their lives, especially imagining them as lovable animals like the Star Fox members.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** During the battle against Spyborg, Fox says "What's he saying?" when the former asks "Where is the creator?" Could Fox not understand Spyborg due to his heavy RoboSpeak making him difficult to comprehend, or is Fox asking that out of curiousity as to what Spyborg means by "the creator"?

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: A very unique case. In mid-2020, Nintendo suffered a massive leak of information about the company's entire historical backlog that made public a huge chunk of previously unknown information and even assets. One of those assets was the entire original voice acting for ''Star Fox 64'' with uncompressed audio. Fans were ''shocked'' to see how much of a ''massive'' difference the improved audio quality made, to the point that it affected the actors' performances. While the cheesy writing makes the NarmCharm to fully apply, a lot of people claim that the uncompressed lines fully escape SoBadItsGood territory to become unironically good, given the lighthearted tone of the game, and especially by 1997 video game voice acting standards. Some even wondered if the fact that the game's voice acting "being secretely good all along" was what made the lines to reach such crazy levels of MemeticMutation.

* GameBreakingBug:
** After beating Star Wolf on Venom 2, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0o3h6Moi0k&t=30s there's a rare chance that Fox may miss the entry into Andross' lair, and instead endlessly fly around the base, effectively causing a softlock.]]